sustainable solutions

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds means that for the first time, people can invest in funds that include bitcoin with no crypto wallet required. Demand for the original cryptocurrency is only expected to grow, and bitcoin mining operators are in position to satisfy it. Two years ago, Marketplace’s Lily Jamali visited one in upstate New York. Stacks of computers burned through tons of power to generate new bitcoins, she reported. Texas is now a preferred hub, and Ben Hertz-Shargel of the consultancy Wood Mackenzie says the SEC’s move will be felt there.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with investment expert and author Terrence Keeley. They discuss the recent success of the ARC conference, the reality of climate narratives and the ESG mafia, the cost effective solutions to some of our most pressing problems, and the positive side of societal betterment via impact investing.

Terrence Keeley is an American investment expert and author who has worked with and managed some of the largest investment organizations in the world. Besides having been an executive at Blackrock, Terrence also founded and served as the Senior Managing Principal of Sovereign Trends, LLC, an advisory firm for and about sovereign institutions. From 1987-2010 he was a senior managing director at UBS Investment Bank, where he oversaw the firm’s transactional and advisory relations with central banks, sovereign wealth funds, ministries of finance, public pension funds, and multilateral organizations, including the IMF and World Bank.

Terrence served as a consultant to Pope Francis’ financial reform commission, overseeing the Vatican bank. He is also a founding director of the Financial Hippocratic Oath movement. From 1982-85 he served as one of the first young trustees on the Notre Dame Board. Today he is also a frequent commentator/author on all issues relating to international finance, cross-border capital movements and global financial governance. He is married to Saskia Bory of Geneva, Switzerland. Their two sons attended the Lycée Français de New York.​

This episode was recorded on October 13th, 2023

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Sustainable (Book)

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Sustainable-Moving-Beyond-Impact-Investing/dp/0231206801

Columbia University Press https://cup.columbia.edu/book/sustainable/9780231206808

Today we’re bringing you an episode from the latest season of “How We Survive,” Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast. In the episode, host Amy Scott and the “How We Survive” crew explore how communities in the Southwest are using technology to reimagine how the region manages its drought-stricken water supply. It turns out that water is everywhere. And it can be sourced in unexpected ways.

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Will Harris is the owner of White Oak Pastures: a family farm utilizing regenerative agriculture and humane animal husbandry practices. Jenni Harris, his daughter, is the marketing manager of White Oak Pastures. Will's new book "A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food" is available now. 

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Bret speaks with Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity on the DarkHorse podcast. 

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Timestamps: 
(00:00) Introduction
(04:32) Sponsors
(08:25) Similarities and differences
(14:00) Non linear scientific mind
(26:22) Lahaina fires
(30:30) Owen Benjamin
(34:20) Narrative and metaphor
(51:50) Burning Man
(55:00) Fossil fuels
(01:02:00) Peak Oil
(01:09:45) ROI and time traveling money printer
(01:19:45) First principle thinking and bot attacks
(01:32:30) Rent seeking elite, depopulation and collapse
(01:41:22) The West, breaking coalitions, and false dichotomies
(01:58:30) Colleges
(02:06:40) Fourth Frontier
(02:18:13) Consciousness
(02:27:40) Negative entropy
(02:43:00) Insects and are humans special?
(03:00:00) Wrap up

Millions of Americans don’t have enough to eat — a startling fact considering 40% of the food produced in the U.S. gets thrown away. And a lot of that food… from restaurants, supermarkets, office buildings and more… is perfectly safe to eat. What’s worse is that this discarded food waste produces harmful methane emissions that contribute to global climate change.

Jasmine Crowe-Houston is an entrepreneur who became obsessed with these problems. In 2017, she founded Goodr, which works with businesses to take unused food and deliver it to those who need it. Instead of paying waste management companies to throw surplus food into landfills, businesses can work with Goodr to deliver that food to local nonprofits that get it to people in need. 

This week on How I Built This Lab, Jasmine talks with Guy about solving the logistical challenge of delivering surplus food to people experiencing food insecurity. Plus, the two discuss Jasmine’s decision to launch Goodr as a for-profit organization, and the growing corporate focus on sustainability that’s led to Goodr’s rapid growth.

This episode was produced by Katherine Sypher and edited by John Isabella, with music by Ramtin Arablouei. Our audio engineer was Neal Rauch. 

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Tom Szaky runs a recycling company, but he’d rather live in a world where recycling was obsolete... 

Today, his company recycles everything from shampoo bottles and makeup containers to snack wrappers and cigarette butts. And through their recent Loop initiative, TerraCycle works with consumer brands to develop packaging that is actually reusable -- an even more effective waste-reduction tactic than recyclable packaging. 

This week on How I Built This Lab, Tom recounts his entrepreneurial journey launching a worm poop fertilizer company from his college dorm room, then transforming that company into a multimillion dollar recycling business. Also, why Tom’s ultimate goal is to put himself out of business, and how our actual path to eliminating waste is radically reducing consumption.  

This episode was produced by J.C. Howard and edited by John Isabella, with research by Kerry Thompson and music by Ramtin Arablouei. Our audio engineer was James Willetts. 

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During the early years of the pandemic, people throughout the country left major cities and never returned. But in New York City, it seemed people were coming back in droves. What else would explain the lower availability of apartments and the increasing rent prices? The real reason may not be that simple, and it may have to do with algorithms and something called “warehousing.” Also, the patent examiner who sought to demonstrate the ingenuity of Black Americans through their inventions is being honored. Plus, we play a round of Half Full / Half Empty!

• • “New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?” from New York magazine

• • “9 Charts on the Russia-Ukraine War” from Gallup

• • “Found on Baker’s list” from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

• • “No cow needed: Oat and soy can be called milk, FDA proposes” from AP

• • “United launches $100 million green jet fuel fund” from Marketplace

• • “How does a water bottle go viral — and stay viral?” from Marketplace

• • “New York City’s push to become a tech hub” from Marketplace

• • “Samsung Now Cloning Users’ Voices So an AI Can Answer Calls for Them” from Futurism

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We’ve grown accustomed to viewing climate change as an enemy we must urgently defeat. But is that the right metaphor for the greatest existential problem of our time? This week, we consider how to reframe the way we think about life on a changing planet.

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Trevor and The Daily Show correspondents cover the rise in catastrophic wildfires, radical solutions proposed to combat climate change and student activists fighting to save the planet.

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